gratitude makes what you have more than enough

Give Thanks

Brief update: I’m back from Florida after seeing Dad with my sisters. I wrote a prayer request about thishere. It was a difficult trip because I don’t travel well any more, and dealing with overcrowded airports and airplanes piles on a lot of stress. However, through it all, I felt God’s presence as He filled me with a calm and peace I sorely needed. I’m convinced that was only because of the prayers of His faithful, so thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers on behalf of me and my family.

It was so good to see Dad again. He has changed so much in the several years since I was last able to see him, and it is evident that soon God will call him home. It was difficult saying goodbye but I know I’ll see him in heaven, and that’s soothing to me.

1 O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.3 For the Lord is a great GodAnd a great King above all gods,4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth,The peaks of the mountains are His also.5 The sea is His, for it was He who made it,And His hands formed the dry land.

6 Come, let us worship and bow down,Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.7 For He is our God,And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.Today, if you would hear His voice,8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,9 “When your fathers tested Me,They tried Me, though they had seen My work.10 “For forty years I loathed that generation,And said they are a people who err in their heart,And they do not know My ways.11 “Therefore I swore in My anger,Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”

I am thankful for so much, sometimes even for things that God is not allowing in my life. I know that sounds strange, but from past experience I have learned that when we pray for certain things and rush ahead of God’s timing on them, we might get what we pray for but it may not necessarily be God’s plan for us, therefore not good for us. I can tell you from personal experience that’s a hard place to be in!

I believe without a shadow of doubt that God desires His very best for each and every one of us. And sometimes that “best” is something so small and seemingly insignificant that it may escape our notice. Let’s try to remember to notice every single thing with which God has blessed us and “come before His presence with thanksgiving.” And then let’s share our joy and thanks with others. We live in a fallen world and all of us sometimes forget those little things in our daily struggles.

Beloved, it is my prayer that all of you enjoy a happy and blessed Thanksgiving!

Oh, Lynn, there is nothing to forgive. You don’t know how many posts I miss of blogs I follow. I know you have health issues, too, and limited energy means we can’t do it all. Thanks for taking the time to comment and for your prayers for me and my family. I am very thankful I got to see Dad one more time — it was very precious to me.

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Who am I?

I'm a lover and follower of Jesus Christ and live in northern Arizona with my husband, Rick. I am happy to say that Rick and I are at the bottom corners of a triangle where Jesus sits at the top corner.

Contributing Writer: Pat Knight

Pat Knight is the author of REJOICE! and PURE JOY, two books filled with joyful devotionals. She maintains a ministry of handwritten encouraging notes for those who are hurting, and is also an avid gardener.